He listed six grounds of appeal, including that Justice Roslyn Atkinson erred by allowing Cowan’s confessions to undercover police to be presented to the jury.

He also said Justice Atkinson should not have told the jury there was no evidence that Cowan could have learned of the location of Daniel’s body through another inmate — convicted pedophile Douglas Jackway — and that she should have allowed witnesses who knew Jackway to be called to give evidence at the trial.

Lastly, Mr Meehan said Justice Atkinson should have called a mistrial based on ``prejudicial publicity’’ published during court proceedings.